Thursday, November 8, 2018

№ 461: Advice To Incoming “Freshmen”

Had we stayed in the trees
enjoying the breezes. . .
No Hitler.
No Stalin.
No Mao.
Great Genghis Khan
would not be long gone.
He'd never have been anyhow.

Species designed for life arboreal,
down on the ground become territorial,
tending to trend toward dictatorial.

We fear repercussions,
dear monkey cousins,
should you think of descending 
which we're not recommending.

The golden couple
“The golden couple” Marsel van Oosten/Wildlife Photographer of the Year